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The Beatnuts is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Average White Band, Los Angeles Negros, Stereo MCs, Monie Love and Common. Those roots explain a lot about how The Beatnuts arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as EPMD, Poor Righteous Teachers, Smif-n-Wessun, Keith Murray and Grand Puba, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Big Punisher, People Under the Stairs, dead prez, De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 49 connections around The Beatnuts, reaching back through Average White Band and forward to Big Punisher. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Beatnuts is an American hip hop group and production duo from New York City. Its current members are JuJu and Psycho Les. JuJu is a Dominican American from Corona and Psycho Les is a Colombian American from Jackson Heights, Queens. Although only peripheral members, they are routinely acknowledged by Q-Tip as being members of Native Tongues. The Beatnuts were originally a trio before Fashion, now known as Al' Tariq, left the group to start a solo career. V.I.C. was also a member of The Beatnuts' production team for a while.
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The Beatnuts connections
The Beatnuts grew out of Average White Band, Los Angeles Negros, Stereo MCs and Monie Love, shares an orbit with EPMD, Poor Righteous Teachers, Smif-n-Wessun and Keith Murray, went on to shape Big Punisher, People Under the Stairs, dead prez and De La Soul. 49 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Beatnuts
Sounds and acts that shaped The Beatnuts.
- Average White Bandartist
- Los Angeles Negrosartist
- Stereo MCsartist
- Monie Loveartist
- Commonartist
- Kuriousartist
- Fat Joeartist
- Suprême NTMartist
- MC Lyteartist
- Da Lench Mobartist
- Naughty By Natureartist
- Jomandaartist
- Big Punartist
- Akonartist
- Jennifer Lopezartist
- Barrabasartist
- Tonedeffartist
- Da Youngsta'sartist
- Relativity Recordsartist
Artists similar to The Beatnuts
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Beatnuts.
- EPMDartist
- Poor Righteous Teachersartist
- Smif-n-Wessunartist
- Keith Murrayartist
- Grand Pubaartist
- O.C.artist
- Pete Rockartist
- Dilated Peoplesartist
- M.O.P.artist
- Main Sourceartist
- Big Punisherartist
- Method Manartist
- Large Professorartist
- Shyheimartist
- Lost Boyzartist
- Pete Rock & C.L. Smoothartist
- People Under the Stairsartist
- Craig Mackartist
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